Wrist watch adapter



March 31, 1936. VNSEY WRIST WATCH ADAPTER Filed May 4, 1935 .m 6/ F WU. a 1 V i U \F m M m H arty/MAM Patented Mar. 31, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WRIST WATCH ADAPTER Application May 4, 1935, Serial No. 19,853

1 Claim.

The present invention relates generally to watches and watch guards and more especially that type of guard for engagement in the buttonhole of a coat lapel for the purpose of holding a watch in the upper outside coat pocket, and while the steadily increasing use of watch guards of this type has been limited to the employment of pocket or bow watches, it is the primary object of the present invention to adapt wrist watches to be so carried and especially to permit wrist watches to be endwise suspended from, and in connection with, such guards.

It is well known that most wrist watches of present day manufacture have spaced apart lugs at their opposite ends between which extend pintle bars for the attachment of the ends of wrist straps and bracelets, and that, irrespective of the various shapes of watch cases, the spacing of the end lugs is practically standard. The lugs are apertured to receive spring-extended pintles projecting from the ends of the bars and in this way provision is made for readily removing the bars to renew straps or bracelets.

My present invention proposes to take advantage of the above facts by the provision of a guard receiving adapter for wrist watches, attaching thereto by virtue of a tubular member receiving one of the pintle bars so that the watch'may be suspended lengthwise of, and from, the guard when in connection therewith.

' Having the above in mind, my invention therefore resides in the features of construction, arrangement and operation to be now described in detail in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification and in which:-

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the practical use of a lapel guard.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the guard with a wrist watch attached thereto by virtue of the adapter of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a side edge view of a wrist watch equipped with my improved adapter and partly broken away and in section, and

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the watch provided with my adapter and also partly broken away and in section.

Referring now particularly to Figure 1, there is shown a portion of a coat including a lapel A adjacent to, and above, the upper outside pocket B, the guard Cbeing illustrated as connected at its upper end through the buttonhole a of the lapel so that a Watch, suitably connected to the lower end of the guard, as by means of a snap hook c and swivel may be carried in the pocket B.

In order that a wrist watch such as shown at D may be attached to the lower end of the guard C in the manner and for the purpose above set forth, I provide an adapter consisting of a small flat plate-like body I 0 apertured at its upper central portion as at I I to form an eye for receiving the snap hook c of the guard.

Along its lower edge the body plate ID has a transverse tubular and rigid connecting member I2 and this member is formed of a length adapting the same to be extended between the spaced apart end lugs I3 at one end of watch D, and of an inside diameter adapting the same to receive one of the pintle bars I4 therethrough.

Thus the adapter may be eiiectively connected to the watch, after removal of the wrist strap or bracelet by pressing the pintles I5 inwardly to release the pintle bars I4 in the usual manner, upon extending one of the pintle bars I4 through the tubular member l2 of the adapter and then reinserting such bar in place.

Since the above described manner of connecting the adapter with the wrist watch at but one end of the latter permits the watch to hang lengthwise from the guard as shown in Fig. 2 the lower pintle bar I4 is left exposed. To avoid any unsightliness, it is preferred to provide a tube I6 of a length and diameter the same as the tubular connecting member l2, for placement around the lower pintle bar as best seen in Fig. 2, so as to finish out a balanced appearance of the suspended wrist watch, adapter and guard in their assembled relation.

Obviously the body plate l0 and tubular member 12 of the adapter are capable of a variety of surface ornamentations and it is equally obvious the pleasing appearance of the full assembly in use may be enhanced by ornamenting the surface of the extra tube l6 covering the lower pintle bar to accord or match that of the tubular member I2.

It is to be understood, furthermore, that various types of lapel guards C may be used, for instance straps, plaited leather, fabric, cords and the like and that if so desired, the coloring or surface ornamentation of the plate In as well as the tubular connecting member I2 and tube I6 may be matched or accorded with either the guard or the wrist watch.

What is claimed is:-

A suspension strap mounting for a wrist watch of the type having pairs of spaced apart end lugs and removable pintle bars in connection with and extending between the end lugs of each pair, said mounting consisting of a strap connecting member and an adapter in the form of a generally flat plate having an opening in its upper central portion for the reception of the said strap connecting member and having a tubular portion extending transversely of and along its lower edge for disposition lengthwise between the end lugs of one pair of lugs and of a size to receive a pintle bar extending between said lugs whereby upon connection of the adapter and pintle bar with the end lugs the adapter plate will be, securely held in connection with the end lugs and at the same time conceal the pintle bar and swing around. the latter.

HAROLD C. VAISEY. 

